Altice Group’s union in Portugal (STPT) criticized on Tuesday the “too evasive” and “not very specific” position of Altice’s executive committee on the company’s pay policy, professional development model and HR policy.
“Faced with specific issues such as salary policy, professional development model, personnel policy, job stability, etc., the responses of the CEO [presidente executiva] were too “evasive” and not very specific about the actual thinking of COMEX [Comissão Executiva]”, the union said in a statement released after a meeting on Monday with new Altice CEO Ana Figueiredo.
At the meeting, STPT said it recalled the “commitment of the Altice group through CEO Dexter Goay in 2014 when there was an idea that Altice was not going to take action that would undermine consensus with workers and where they were committed.” to preferential solutions worked out and agreed upon with the workers”.
The union “should address those principles”, with the Executive Committee suggesting for workers “a clear and unambiguous orientation that there will be no more collective layoffs for market reasons, technological development or the need for organizational or structural change”.
However, for STPT, “Dr. Ana Figueiredo’s response was not clearly objective” to these questions.
Suggesting that wage policy is “the primary motivation for workers and for attracting and retaining new workers”, the union also says it proposed and asked Altice management to “reach an understanding between the parties that guarantees an annual inflation-adjusted wage update and financial results.” companies.
However, he says, “On this issue, the CEO believes that wages are not the only attractive factor for companies, drawing attention to the fact that the economy [portuguesa] ultimately loses out when it competes with other markets.”
“He added that businessmen and managers are always striving to have the best people, adding the need for greater flexibility and mobility of workers,” the union said in a statement.
Regarding the change in the company’s health plans, which was the basis for a strike scheduled for the 21st but ultimately suspended, STPT reports that it asked the CEO “that changes not be taken immediately without COMEX notifying the beneficiaries of the plans in advance.” about what he intends to do and why it needs to be done.
In this regard, the union recalled that during the negotiations on the Collective Agreement for 2022, “COMEX agreed to record in the minutes that no changes will be made to the plans during 2022”, and emphasized that the administration “did not tell the unions that they wanted make changes to plans later this year.”
“STPT has asked the CEO to give this matter more thought,” the union emphasizes, emphasizing that “management practices that encourage employee involvement in company decisions always provide a competitive advantage.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
